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Feb 08 2021

Growing Bolder

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A glance at international catwalks show that they are no longer exclusively populated by leggy teenagers. At September’s Paris Fashion Week, Jane Fonda, Helen Mirren and six supermodels of the 1990s strutted down the runway. The fashion industry has finally woken up, realising that men and women who can afford expensive clothes want to see models their own age wearing them. Whereas in the past the 60-plus model would be relegated to lifestyle adverts in lilac cardigans, today there is a plethora of vivacious silver-haired models in high-fashion glossies. Over...

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Feb 05 2021

Saorsa 1875, Billionaire Magazine

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A sleepy hamlet in the Scottish Highlands seems like an unlikely place for a vegan hotel. Hidden on a sloping hillside among sky-scraping trees, Saorsa 1875 is smack in the middle of a farming community in picturesque Pitlochry, an hour-and-a-half drive north of Edinburgh. Saorsa is the Gaelic word for freedom, and 1875 is the year the property was built. A former baronial estate, the red-tipped Gothic beauty ensconced in velvety-green gardens is a passion project for Jack McLaren-Stewart and his parents Sandra and John....

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Feb 05 2021

Made in LA

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The splashy, star-studded West Coast premiere of Frieze has got the city and the world buzzing. The crush of new galleries, museums, public installations and pop-ups occupying every corner of Los Angeles adds to its blossoming status as an art capital set to rival New York, London and Paris. It’s the city’s definingly experimental and laid-back spirit that is fueling its eclectic and diverse scene....

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Feb 04 2021

Vegan Couture, Billionaire magazine

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Fashion’s future is vegan and luxurious. With the vegan revolution rolling along nicely, the demand for desirable, ethically made, environmentally friendly fashion is surging. Savvy, socially conscious brands are building their entire business on animal-free collections that are both stylish and sustainable. Designers such as Vivienne Westwood and Jean-Paul Gaultier are collaborating with vegan brands, while fashion giant Hugo Boss has launched its own vegan-leather line. Faux-leather, fabric and synthetic shoes have certainly been around for decades, but rarely any that you’d want to wear. Before Stella McCartney started her...

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Feb 04 2021

Gloria Steinem

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My parents were kind and funny and taught me that kindness and a sense of humour are invaluable. Much later, I learned that in the oldest cultures laughter is the only free emotion. Obviously, fear can be compelled. So can love, if we’re dependent for long enough. But you can’t compel laughter. Never go anywhere you’re not allowed to laugh, including church....

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Feb 04 2021

Forest Man, Billionaire Magazine

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Jadav ‘Molai’ Payeng, a Mising tribesman in India, began planting seeds and bamboo shoots on a deserted sandbar on Majuli Island in Assam in 1979. That summer, he stumbled on the freakish sight of hundreds of snakes floating ashore and dying in the scorching sun after floods washed them onto the banks of the Brahmaputra River. “When I saw it, I thought we will also die this way in the heat, without any tree cover,” says Payeng, who was only 16 years old at the time. “I sat down and...

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Feb 17 2019

Kenya’s Rainman, Billionaire Magazine

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Patrick Kilonzo Mwalua drives for several hours every single day bringing 3,000 gallons of fresh water to the wildlife in Kenya’s parched Tsavo West National Park. Great herds of animals that otherwise wouldn’t survive crowd the truck as he lets the water flow into the bone-dry watering holes. “Last night I found 500 buffalo waiting patiently at the water hole. When I arrived they could smell the water. The buffalo were so keen and coming close to us,” says Mwalua, who grew up surrounded by wildlife and has a deep love and understanding of...

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Feb 17 2019

Animal Free, Billionaire Magazine

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A world where no animals are harmed for food is no longer a fever dream but a not-too-far-off inevitability. Surging population, worsening climate change and a spate of new diseases shaking up the US$50 trillion global meat and dairy industry are transforming the way we eat. In the UK alone, over half-a-million people now consider themselves vegan. We’re on the cusp of a food revolution: the promise of healthier, lab-grown alternatives beyond soya, tofu and tempeh that look and taste exactly like meat. Meat without animals isn’t a new concept....

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Feb 17 2019

Cat Whisperer, Observer Magazine

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How’s this for a job description? Location: a small Greek island paradise in a nature reserve on Syros, with views of the Aegean. Own home. Job: to look after 70+ cats for four hours a day. Ideal candidate: “a mature and genuinely passionate cat lover” who enjoys tranquillity, nature and their own company. Desired skills: cat-whispering, feline psychology, veterinary experience. Driving licence. Remuneration: modest, but includes the chance to live a meaningful life....

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Mar 20 2018

Watch This Space, Hauser & Wirth

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Hauser Wirth & Schimmel in Los Angeles is looking for human feeling on an industrial scale. The latest international gallery to hit Los Angeles, Hauser Wirth & Schimmel, has got the city and the art world buzzing. Spilling across a four-block stretch, the venture occupies a collection of turnof-the-century industrial buildings that include a decommissioned flour mill and former bank in the gritty, surging downtown Arts District. Hauser Wirth & Schimmel has become a goto cultural destination, attracting thousands of visitors every week. “What’s exciting is this is an experimental project,” says Graham...

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